Automobile safety-sign.



Il lliIRIIIIIII V. PAVLOFF L Z. ORIZAROFF.

AUTOMOBILE SAFETY SIGN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9| I9I6.

1,218,308, Patented Mar. 6,7191?. K

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, ATTORNEYS v AUTOMOBILE SAFETYSIGN.

APPLICAUON FILED MAR.9.1916.

- Patented Mar. 6, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. G, 1 917.

Application le March 9, 1916. Serial No. 83,134.

To all w/iom t may conce/m:

Be it known that we, VAmKY Pnvnorr and Zvnrno Onizniiorv, subjects of the Czar of Bulgaria, and residents of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and Improved Automobile Safety-Sign, of lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. y

This invention relates to signaling devices and particularly to a signaling device adapted for vehicles, and has for an object the provision of an improved construction. operable by the drh/error disclosing his intein tions in regard to stopping or turning, either to persons in front or in rear of the vehicle.

Another object in view to provide signaling device formed with anarni and a signaling sheet in connection therewith, to-

gether with foot or hand operated members for moving the arm and sheet to an open and closed position according to the intention of the driver.

A still further object in view is to provide a signaling .arm having electric lamps arranged therein and manually operated means for swinging .the arm,- together with a curtain whereby as .the arm is swung to an outer position the lights" curtain brought to view so as to present a large surface in daytime and a lighted member at night.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is a fragmentary liront 'View of an automobile with an embodiment of the invention applied thereto, one signaling member being shown in an inoperative position and the other' in an outer or operative position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the structure shown in Fig. l.

Fig. 3 1s a sectional View through Fig. 2

'approximately on line fl-3, the same being which the Jolmay be lighted and the' 5) designed ranging an embodiment of the invention on an automobile it is designed to place an independent construction on each side so that a .signaling member may be swung out to one side on either side or the machine. As both of these signaling devices are identical a description of only one will be given, the parts of course being rearranged to operate vin the opposite direction.

' is shownmore in detail in F 3 and e the signaling device con'iprises a tubular member'2 pivotally mounted in the front part of the automobile or in any other way as may be desired, said tubular member carrying at its upper end a casing 3 having front and rear glasses el and 5, respectively, with a metallic or opaque partition (i arranged therebetween so as to provide chambers 7 and 8. ln the chamber 7 is arranged a lamp 9 while in the chamber 8 a lamp l0 is provided. The-lamp 9 is designed to act as a headlight for the automobile when the device is in its inoperative upright position and act as a signal light when the arm or tubular member 2 is swung. downwardly to substantially the position shown at the left in Fig; l. At night the lamp 9 is kept continually lighted so that it may act at one time as a. headlight and at the other as a signal light shining to the front. At night, when the is swung downwardly to a signaling or operative position, light l() will be lighted so as to present a signal facing to the rear.

As soon as the arm2 is raised to its vertical position lamp l0 will be turned oil'. This is accomplished by wiring shown in Fig. -3 which includes a switch arm 1l. (Fig. to Contact with a plate l2 when the arno 2 is in its lowermost position. One of the wires, namely, the return wire i3 of lamp l0, is connected with arm l1 so that when thearm or tubular member 2 is in a vertical lposition the arm ll will be out of Contact with plate l2., as shown in Fig. A source of supply 14 is provided which supplies current to a` feed wire l5, which feed wire is connected to both lamps 9 and 10. Lamp 9 is provided with a return wire 16, which return wire is connected with plate l2 and also with source of supply ll so as to complete the circuit of lamp Si whenever the switch l? is closed, and to complete the circuit of lamp l0, also, whenever the switch arm ll is engaging plate l During the day switch ll' is lett open so that both lamps are never lighted. However, the

arm 2 may be raised and lowered for presenting the signal whenever desired.

Connected with arm 2 is acurtain 18 'which is adapted to fold like a folding fan' so that'when the parts are in their vertical position, as shown at the right in Fig. 1, the arm the curtain 18 will be snugly folded between the arm and the rejecting plate 19.` In

' order to counterba ance 'the weight of the assist in raising the arm. However, in order vertical position to positively raiseand lower the arm the gear wheel 22 is rigidly secured to the inner end of the arm or tubular member 2, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3, said ar -wheel meshing with sliding racks 24 an 25,

said sliding racks fitting in a suitable frame 26 and extending beyond the upper end thereof.

When the` foot or hand of the 'operator is placed upon rack 24 and pressed downwardly the rack will cause the gear wheel 23 to rotate and as said gear wheel is rigidly secured to arm 2 the arm will swing downwardly to the position shown at the left in Fig. 1 andwill automatically move the rack 25 upwardly. When it is 'desired to again raise the arm the foot of the operator is placed upon rack 25 and pressed, whereupon said rack will move downwardly and the arm tion.

ated therewith may beV connected to the front of the automobile or to any suitable Copies of this patent nay be obtained to:

may be had by the operato 2 will be in a vertical position and A names to this s 23 will swing back to its original and at the same timewheel V22 will move the rack .24 to ,a raised The casing or Vframe 26 and parts associpoint on an automobile where easy access -It 1s of course evident that a casing 26, when operating the mechanism associated therewith, is provided for each of the arms 22 so that an arm maybe thrown out on either side as may be desired and a large sign produced bythe curtain 18 during the day and a lighted sign may be produced botl1' front and rear bylamps 9 and. 10 at night. When the' arm is returned it snaps into the clasp 27 and isheld normally-in an upright -position thereby. What 'we claim isz- .In an automatic safety sign for automobiles, apivotally mounted arm adapted to be swung position, -said arm having a bent end formed of sufficient length to extend through the dashboard yof the automobile, a gear wheel secured -to'said ar'm on the part extending said dashboard-said gear wheel be- 'mg arranged on j the opposite side of the,

through dashboard-to the remaining part of the arm, a rack on each 'side' ofthe gear wheel meshing therewith, independent guides for said racks whereby` when one o said racks is 'pressed-downwardly the arm will be swung from a' vertical to a horizontal position and the opposite elevated, 'and when said opposlte rack isdepressed the parts will be from a vertical to a` horizontal A moved inthe opposltedirecton and counterbalancing means connected to the upper end Aof said arm for in returning said y .arm from a horizontal to a vertical position.

Intedsimony. whereof we have signed our ification in'the. presen of two subscribing witnesses.

VARIKY PAvLoFF.'

Y l v ZVETKO ORIZAROFF.

Witnesses: y

H. Enwm Pansen, 0. Znnnunlan.'

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